Operations Flashcards
What is the secondary mission of CDC?
Control and Assist
What is the purpose of CDC?
Gather, process, disseminate, evaluate, display
TAO
Tactical Actions Officer
ADWC
Air Defense weapons coordinator
CDCWO
Combat Direction Center Watch Officer
TIC
Tactical Information Coordinator
IDOP
Identification Operator
ATM
Auto Track Manager
STRIKE CONT
Strike Controller
DWC
Defense Weapons Coordinator
AIC
Air Intercept Controller
GCCS-M
Global Command Control System Maritime
SURF TRK
Surface Detector Tracker
SCAC
Sea Combat Air Controller
ASTAC
Anti Submarine Tactical Air Controller
OPSO
CDR Young
CDCO
CDR Kennedy
STRIKE Officer
CDR Goff
AIR officer
CDR Marusich
IO officer
CDR Dantzler
TOP
Tactical Operations Plot
EWS
Electronic Warfare Supervisor
USW
Under Sea Warfare
What does the TAO do?
Defends the ship
What is special about the TAO?
Only other person besides the CO to have weapons release authority.
What is the purpose of the ADWC
Receives reports from IDOP
Pass reports to TAO
Coordinates with point defense
Overall in charge of Air picture
What is the purpose of CDCWO?
Responsible for coordination of all CDC functions during Cond III
Responsible for the surface picture during Cond I
What is the purpose of the AIC?
Maintains close advisory control of aircraft
What is the purpose of the TIC?
Manages data links for tactical picture
Maintains comms
Link 11
Link 16
What are the five modes of IFF?
Platform Positive ID Mission US military Altitude
What is the purpose of IDOP?
ID’s air contacts
Reports to ADWC
Uses IFF
What is the purpose of ATM?
Same as IDOP
Has capability to manipulate radars
What is the purpose of the strike controller?
Manned during flight ops
Checks aircraft modes for IFF
Safety of flight
Controls and briefs alert aircraft
What is the purpose of TOP?
Acts as liaison between bridge and CDC
Responsible for surface tracking
What is the purpose of look outs?
Correlates lookout info on surface and air contacts
Determines targets course, speed, CPA
What is the purpose of EWS?
Supervises collection and display of all electronic warfare info.
Sets EMCON
How many settings for EMCON?
8 settings
Which are the most and least restrictive?
A- most restrictive
D- least restrictive
What is the purpose of USW?
Uses ASTAC and SCAC
What is the purpose of ASTAC?
Controls helos to hunt for submarines
What is the purpose of SCAC?
Controls helos to VID unknown surface contacts
How many workcenters are in Air Ops and what are they?
3;
CATCC
Air Ops
ATO
What are the six different positions in CCA?
1- Departure 2- Marshall 3- Final A 4- Final B 5- Approach A 6- Approach B
What is special about the CCA?
Must be prior Enlisted
METOC
Meteorology and Oceanography
What is the purpose of METOC?
Provides weather forecasting and oceanography data
What rate is primarily in METOC?
AG
ASTAB
Automated Status Board
What is the purpose of ASTAB?
Provides info including events, divert airfields, diverted aircraft and call signs.
WQC-2
Gertrude- underwater telephone to communicate with subs.
SLQ-25
NIXIE- torpedo counter measure system
If NIXIE fails what will the ship do?
Try to outrun the torpedo
Who is responsible for NIXIE?
STGs
SLQ-32
Anti-ship missile defense
It’s a total of five versions, what version do we have onboard?
Version 4
Who is responsible for SLQ-32?
CTT
What is the purpose of GCCS-M?
Provides non real time
Used to form tactical decisions
What is the purpose of the gyrorepeater?
Receives inputs from ships master gyrocompass to determine course in relation to true north.
SSDS
Ships self defense system
What is the purpose of SSDS?
Bridges the gap between the command system and the weapons system
SPN-41
Bullseye
SPN-43
Marshall
SPN-46
PALS(precision aircraft landing system)
Easy rider
TACAN
Tactical Air Navigation
SONOBUOYS radars
SSQ-36 BT SSQ-53B/D DIFAR SSQ-57 SSQ-62B DICASS SSQ-77 VLAD
What are the three factors that affect radars?
Sea return, weather, radar height
What are the warfare areas?
Air, surface, strike, undersea, mine, amphibious, information dominance, command and control
CG
Guided missile cruiser
DDG
Guided missile destroyer
CVN
Nuclear powered aircraft carrier
MCM
Mine countermeasures
SSN
Nuclear powered submarine
F/A-18 Hornet
Air/air to surface attack
Operating range of 160-180 nm
MH-60 Seahawk
Anti-submarine warfare
Operating range 100nm
E-2C Hawkeye
Airborne early warning
EA6B Prowler
Electronic support
Electronic attack
BEADWINDOW
Comsec violation
GINGERBREAD
Intruder on the net
EEFI
Essential Elements of Friendly Info
Flash
10 mins or less
Immediate
30 min
Priority
3 hrs
Routine
6 hrs
What are the three operating circuits?
Duplex, simplex, semiduplex
What is the purpose of duplex?
Transmit and receive at the same time
What is the purpose of simplex?
Single channel or frequency can be used at one time.
What is the purpose of semiduplex?
Combination of simplex and duplex
What nickname is Link 4A?
Dolly
What nickname is Link 11?
Alligator
What is the nickname for Link 16?
Timber
MIO
Maritime Interdiction Operation
SAR
Search and Rescue
NEO
Non-combatant evacuation operations
ES
Electronic Support
EP
Electronic Protect
EA
Electronic Attack
MILDEC
Military Deception
PSYOPS
Psychological Operations
OPSEC
Operations Security
CASREP
Casualty Report
ROE
Rules of Engagement
What is a CASREP
Expeditious means of reporting status of a ship and operational limitations due to casualties.
Confidential
Blue, serious damage
Secret
Red, serious damage to national security
Top Secret
Orange, exceptionally grave damage to national security.
What must classified info be stored in?
GSA approved, with 2 combination lock device.
What is emergency destruction?
Will occur when there is possibility of info falling into the enemies hands.
CVIC
Provides intelligence info concerning enemy activity
Provides indications and warnings
IS’ few IT’s
What is the purpose of picket ship?
Tracks, identify, and report surface contacts.
What is the ships training cycle?
Basic, immediate, advance
CART
Command Assessment of Readiness and Training
What is the purpose of CART?
Conducted by CO, ISIC, and ATG to address any obvious discrepancies.
TSTA
Tailored Ships Training Availability
What is the purpose of TSTA?
Focus on the ships integrated training teams.
FEP
Final Evaluation Problem
What is the purpose of FEP?
Provide ship with scenario to measure it’s overall war fighting capability.
CSTT
Combat Systems Training Team
ETT
Engineering Training Team
DCTT
Damage Control Training Team
ATT
Aviation Training Team
ITT
Integrated Training Team
What is task group?
Component of force
What is battle group?
Naval task group, designed to destroy hostile submarine surface, air forces within their AOR.
OPLAN
Operational Plan
OPORDER
Operational Order
OPTASK
Operational Tasking
What is flight deck beacon-red?
Foul/closed deck/5 min to launch
What is flight deck beacon-amber?
During helo ops start/shut down engines/2 min to launch
What is flight deck beacon-green?
Clear/open deck/go for launch
What is flight deck beacon-blue?
HERO
IFLOLS
Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System
JBD
Jet Blast Deflector
What are the five ladies?
Nixie, Dolly, Gertrude, Tilly, Nancy
Nixies radar
SLQ-25
Dolly
Link 4A
Gertrude
Underwater telephone
Tilly
Crash crane
Nancy
Morse code/infrared
Ships displacement
95,000 tons
Length of flight deck?
1092 feet
Draft
37’ 6”
Overall length
1115’ 4”
What does 2D radar show?
Range and bearing
What does 3D radar show?
Range, bearing, altitude
What does C4I mean?
Command/control/communications/computers/intelligence